Investigators seek public's help determining who abandoned 3 kittens found at Bondi's Island in Agawam

View full sizeThis is one of the kittens that was found abandoned Thursday morning at the Bondi's Island sewage treatment facility in Agawam.SPRINGFIELD – Investigators are seeking the public’s help in determining who abandoned three kittens found Thursday morning at the Bondi’s Island sewage treatment facility in Agawam.
Two of the kittens had to be fished out of a pool of raw sewage, officials said.
“Unfortunately right now nobody has come forward,” said Christine B. Allenberg, a law enforcement officer with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, adding she is seeking the public’s help in obtaining “justice for these animals.”
The three kittens are being cared for at the Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center.
Pam Peebles, executive director of the O’Connor Center, said the kittens, initially qute skittish when approached by their caretakers at the center, said they now allowing themselves to be handled.
“We are really relieved that they are showing great potential to be good companions,” Peebles said, “I am glad that a night of warmth and a decent meal worked wonders.”
The kittens, once they have been given more time to stabilize and grow more comfortable with people, will be offered up for adoption, Peebles said.
Allenberg said abandonment of animals is a felony in Massachusetts, punishable by a prison sentence of up to five years or a $2,500 fine.
The MSPCA is offering a $1,000 reward for information that directly leads to the conviction of the person or persons who abandoned the kittens.

Anyone with information is urged to call the center’s animal control officers at (413) 781-1484.